Central University of Punjab secured place among the ‘Top 100 Universities of India’ in NIRF India Rankings 2023

Bathinda, June 5, 2023: The Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (CUPB) achieved the 100th Rank in the "University Category" in the Ministry of Education (MoE)'s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings 2023. The University has made significant progress in "Pharmacy Rankings" by obtaining the 19th rank, compared to last year's rank of 26.

On Monday, Union Minister of Education Dharmendra Pradhan released the NIRF 2023. Notably, the Central University of Punjab has secured a position among the "Top 100 Universities of India" category in NIRF India Rankings five times consecutively in the last five years. In a tough bid, the CUPB improved its score in the "University Category" from 42.64 (NIRF 2022) to 42.93 (NIRF 2023). 

The NIRF team ranked higher educational institutions across the country by evaluating their performance on five parameters, i.e., Teaching Learning and Resources (TLR); Research and Professional Practices (RPP); Graduation Outcomes (GO); Outreach & Inclusivity (OI); and Peer Perception. CUPB has improved its performance in all five parameters.

The university has secured its place in the "Rank-band 100-150" in the Overall Category of NIRF India Rankings 2023.

Vice Chancellor Prof. Raghavendra P. Tiwari has congratulated all faculty members, officers, non-teaching staff, and, most importantly, the students, including research scholars and other stakeholders of the university, for their hard work and contributions leading to this achievement. He applauded the commendable work of the Department of Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences and the Department of Pharmacology, which contributed to the improvement in Pharmacy Rank. He further emphasizes on the university’s commitment to strengthen its performance in all parameters in the forthcoming years. He urged the entire CUPB fraternity to work with renewed vigor and zeal for better performance in the future.